Sponsored Research Awards Listing (FY 25-26)
Awards listed for Fiscal Year with post award approval dates.
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| PI | College/Unit | Sponsors | Title | Total | Post Award Date (Year/Month/Day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewton, Rachel | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Indian River Land Trust | Building Lagoon-wide Capacity for IRL Seagrass Recovery Through infrastructure Investments | $200,000 | 2025-11-21 |
| Voss, Josh | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Suppleneta: Funding Advancing coral reef research and resilience in Southeast Florida -Phase 6 | $207,119 | 2025-11-21 |
| McFarland, Malcolm | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF Discretionary Award | Identification of the algae and toxins responsible for spinning fish disease | $228,800 | 2025-11-20 |
| Marin-Ruiz, Sandra | Division of Research | Town of Davie | Town of Davie - SBDC Town of Davie 2025 (Oct 1, 2025 - Sept. 30, 2026) | $100,000 | 2025-11-18 |
| Graves, Brian | College of Social Work & Criminal Justice | University of Georgia Research Foundation | Virtual Reality De-escalation Site-Based Initiative | $33,706 | 2025-11-18 |
| Beaver, Jessica | Division of Research | Palm Beach County | Palm Beach County 2025-2026 Grant | $50,000 | 2025-11-17 |
| Brewton, Rachel | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Indian River Land Trust | System-wide habitat restoration through an integrated Community of Practice for the Indian River Lagoon, Florida | $12,300 | 2025-11-10 |
| Marin-Ruiz, Sandra | Division of Research | Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County | Children's Services Council Palm Beach County-CSC PB | $90,000 | 2025-11-10 |
| Peterson, Michelle | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | DOD/Army Corp of Engineers | Dry Season Prey Concentrations | $1,094,087 | 2025-11-07 |
| Beaujean, Pierre-Phillippe | College of Engineering and Computer Science | SeaWorld Services, Inc. | Autonomous Underwater Landing Vehicle (AULV) upgrade for deeper water ADCP and environmental sensors deployment in a marine environment | $90,883 | 2025-11-07 |
| Kim, Myeongsub | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Euasia | Advanced Technology in Eurasia and Beyond | $30,000 | 2025-11-07 |
| Stackman, Robert | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience | MPFI/SUMMER & FALL 2025 Individual Performance Awards | $83,284 | 2025-11-04 |
| Wells, Michael | Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | NIH/EKS-NICHHD | Estimation of lean body weight in children for drug dose calculation | $152,500 | 2025-10-31 |
| Nardini, Gia | College of Business | FAUF | The Fun and Function of Rotational Variety | $15,000 | 2025-10-29 |
| Frain, Michael | College of Education | US Department of Education | Rehabilitation Training Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Program (RSA) | $200,000 | |
| Quidley-Rodriguez, Narciso | Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing | Florida Nurses Foundation (FNF) | Companion Dogs and LGBTQ+ Veterans: Exploring the Benefits and Risks of Furry Friends | $750.00 | 2025-10-23 |
| Subramaniam, Srinivasa | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | National Institute of Health | Rhes-SUMO Pathway in Huntington Disease | $119,008 | 2025-10-23 |
| Ghorrani, Behnaz | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Florida Department of Health | IC-ADRD: Pioneering Home and Clinical ADRD Screening via Smartphone | $99,973 | 2025-10-17 |
| Rodrigues, Claudia | Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | Florida Heart Research Foundation | Molecular Mechanism of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiovascular Toxicity | $175,000 | 2025-10-17 |
| Voss, Josh | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | FAUF | Robertson Coral Reef Program | $193,097 | 2025-10-17 |
| Marin-Ruiz, Sandra | Government Relations | UWF SBDC State | Small Business Development Center 2025 (SBDC State - July-Dec) | $106,477 | 2025-10-16 |
| Marin-Ruiz, Sandra | Government Relations | UWF APEX State | APEX State July 2025 to Marh 2026 - Small Business Development Center | $129,315 | 2025-10-16 |
| Duboue, Erik | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | NIH/NIDDK | Decoding the role of naturally occurring variation in genetic and neural regulation of feeding and energy homeostasis | $559,918 | 2025-10-15 |
| Rosedahl, Luke | College of Engineering and Computer Science | National Institute of Health | Mechanisms of Perceptual Learning Transfer | $248,999 | 2025-10-15 |
| Quyang, Bing | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Patuxent Partnership, Inc. | NAWCAD AirTalent Capstone Challenge | $15,000 | 2025-10-14 |
| Schilit, Jeffrey | Division of Research | Florida Department of Education | Access Project | $850,000 | 2025-10-13 |
| Bloetscher, Frederick | College of Engineering and Computer Science | CivilSurv Design Group, Inc. | Okeechobee County Flood Modeling and Mapping | $75,000 | 2025-10-03 |
| Cherubin, Laurent | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | University of Miami | A Machine Learning Framework to Measure Marine Biodiversity at Fish Spawing Aggregation Sites | $151,913 | 2025-10-03 |
| Stackman, Robert | College of Engineering and Computer Science | NSF GRFP | NSF Award: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP): Paulina DeVito through Graduate College | $53,000 | 2025-10-02 |
| Blakely, Randy | Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | FAUF | 2025 Elmore Impact for Good Fund | $200,000 | 2025-10-01 |
| Cote, Veronique | Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters | Florida Dept. of State - Division of Arts and Culture | FAU University Galleries General Program Support 2025-2026 | $60,500 | 2025-10-01 |
| Stackman, Robert | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience | ACH #1262117502 Payment ID: 59223822 P057138 | $107,152 | 2025-09-29 |
| Jones, Tarsha | Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing | The Trustees of Columbia Univ., in the City of New York | Electronic Health Record Based Implementation Strategies and Decision Support for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetic Testing among Multiethnic women (ELISABETH) | $11,070 | 2025-09-29 |
| Terjesen, Siri | College of Business | Georgetown University | Georgetown Subaward to FAU COB | $373,840 | 2025-09-29 |
| O'Corry-Crowe, Greg | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | North Slope Borough | Genomics of Kotzebue Sound Beluga whales | $121,387 | 2025-09-24 |
| Stackman, Robert | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience | Integrative Biology and Neuroscience (IBNS); a Joint Graduate program between the Max Planck Florida Institute and Florida Atlantic University - FALL 2025 | $437,280 | 2025-09-24 |
| McFarland, Malcolm | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | University of Central Florida | Health Outcome Associated with Algal Blooms of Cyanobacteria and Red Tide in in Florida: Long-Term Health Impacts of Harmful Algal Bloom | $61,922 | 2025-09-22 |
| Su, Hongbo | College of Engineering and Computer Science | NCEES | Integrating Professional Licensure Awareness Through Industry - Academic Partnership | $30,000 | 2025-09-22 |
| McHenry, Gabrielle | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Indian River Land Trust | The Junior Scientists Program (2025 - 2026) | $21,964 | 2025-09-12 |
| Malina, Natalia | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | USEPA | Developing an Approach for Monitoring of Emerging Contaminant Phototransmation in Freshwater Lakes | $700,000 | 2025-09-11 |
| Meeroff, Daniel | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Mill Industries Inc | Assessin the Feasibility of Anaerobic Co Digestion with Ground/Dried Household Foods Waste (C/S dollars) | $7,841 | 2025-09-10 |
| Hallstrom, Jason | Division of Research | National Science Foundation | REU Site: Sensing and Smart Systems | $264,532 | 2025-09-03 |
| Hallstrom, Jason | Division of Research | NumbergMesse North America | Hallstrom_Conference Chairperson,_Embedded World North America Exhibition & Conference | $45,000 | 2025-08-26 |
| Atkin-Plunk, Cassandra | College of Social Work & Criminal Justice | Palm Beach Countuy Public Safety Department | Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry | $60,000 | 2025-08-26 |
| Wills, Paul | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | USDA | Acquisition of Goods and Services - Research Support to USDA-ARS Funded Research to Support Animal Husbandry at Collaborative Research Site at HBOI-FAU | $124,673 | 2025-08-26 |
| Davis, Megan | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | FAUF | Determining the Commercial Viability of Queen Conch Aquaculture | $178,750 | 2025-08-26 |
| Liu, Yalan | College of Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Florida Board of Trustees | Thermal Remediation: Unraveling the Fate of Per - and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Contaminated Soil during lag-scale Incineration Processes | $50,073 | 2025-08-26 |
| Gill, Carmen | College of Education | School District of Palm Beach County | School District of Palm Beach County Bicultural/Bilingual School Counselor, M.Ed. Degree - Cohort VI | $133,377 | 2025-08-25 |
| Kajuria, Stephen | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | NOAA/NMFS | Novel application of galvanic fields to reduce shark bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries | $248,482 | 2025-08-24 |
| Barbarite-McHenry, Gabrielle | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | St. Lucie County School District | Lincoln Park Academy Harborside (LPA): A Science and Education Supplemental Partnership Agreement with the St. Lucie County School District 2025-2026 | $25,803 | 2025-08-22 |
| Artese, Ashley | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | Florida Department of Health | Exploring the feasibility of an exercise an noninvasive brain stimulation intervention in breast cancer survivors | $159,626 | 2025-08-22 |
| Knapinska, Anna | Division of Research | Florida Department of Health | Florida Cancer Innovation Fund - (FCIF) - Pilot; MCLAC1: A Novel Target for the Treatment of Glioblastoma | $561,276 | 2025-08-21 |
| Barbarite-McHenry, Gabrielle | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | St. Lucie County School District | Marine Oceanographic Academy (MOA): A Science and Education Supplemental Partnership Agreement with the St. Lucie County School District 2025-2026 | $176,856 | 2025-08-15 |
| Herbst, Joel | College of Education | FL. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services | FLDACS - National School Lunch Program 0 2025 - 2026 | $347,501 | 2025-08-15 |
| Mincer, Tracy | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | FAUF | The Gale Foundation - Tracy Mincer | $10,000 | 2025-08-14 |
| Bosshardt, William | College of Business | Florida Council of Economic Education | Delivering Financial and Economic Education: A Partnership between the Florida Council on Economic Education (FCEE) and the FAU Center for Economic 2025-26 | $25,000 | 2025-08-11 |
| Herbst, Joel | College of Education | Florida Department of Education | IDEA Pre-K | $7,883 | 2025-08-07 |
| Motta, Francis | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | Simons Foundation | Simon Foundation's Mathematics and Physical Sciences Travel Support for Mathematicians: Travel Support for Francis Charles Motta | $42,000 | 2025-08-04 |
| Toledo, Christine | Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing | Assoc. of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses | Acceptability and Testing of a Telenovela (soap opera) to Promote Exclusive Breastfeeding among Hispanic Women | $10,000 | 2025-08-04 |
| Herbst, Joel | College of Education | Florida Department of Education | IDEAK K-12 2025-2026 | $214,993 | 2025-08-04 |
| Beckler, Jordon | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | FL. Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) | Autonomous, High-Frequency Monitoring of Lake Okeechobee Legacy Sediment Nutrient Flux loading | $383,107 | 2025-08-01 |
| Nichols, Bryan | College of Education | Wake Forest | Wise Owls: Building Character Through | $49,836 | 2025-08-01 |
| Koch-Rose, Marquerite | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | US Environmental Protection Agency | Managing Seagrass Ecosystems in South Florida: Identifying and Modeling Mechanisms and Climate Impacts Triggering Seagrass Loss and Effects on Water Quality and Seagrass Restoration | $749,811 | 2025-08-01 |
| Fonnegra, Andia | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | EPA | Integrating Genetics in Sponge Community Restoration | $33,916 | 2025-08-01 |
| Beckler, Jordon | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF | High-frequency sediment nutrient fluxes in the EAU Gallie Estuary (Northern IRL) to inform dredging management | $210,311 | 2025-08-01 |
| Cherubin, Laurent | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF | Sperm Whale age and size structure and ecological context in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico | $180,00 | 2025-08-01 |
| O'Corry-Crowe, Greg | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF | FY26 Discretionary: Differing risks, resilience and conservation needs among Florida dolphin populations | $180,000 | 2025-08-01 |
| Conkling, Megan | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium | The Resiliency of Halodule wrightii to increased Temperature, Freshwater Discharge, and Light Limitation | $123.57 | 2025-08-01 |
| Lu, Michael | Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | Florida Department of Health | Targeting Actin-Microtubule Network to Enhance Taxane Efficacy in Advance Prostate Cancer | #274,558 | 2025-08-01 |
| Moore, Tim | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF | Improving the efficiency and sustainability of the Indian River Lagoon Observatory (IRLO) | $726,431 | 2025-07-31 |
| Garcia, Luzmarina | Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters | The Florida Education Fund | The McKnight junior Faculty Development Fellowship Program 2025-2026 | $15,000 | 2025-07-31 |
| Shih, Richard | Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine | FL Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Assoc. | The Geriatric Emergency Department Pharmacologic Harm Prevention Project: The GREAT PHARM Project | $1,000,000.00 | 2025-07-30 |
| Garcia, Iris | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Mote Marine Laboratory | Comprehensive assessment of the genomic variability in Syringodium filiform populations in relation to environmental and stressor heterogeneity across Florida | $193,998 | 2025-07-30 |
| Davis, Megan | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Foundation Curacao Reef Research Centre | Optimize the Production of Juvenile Queen Conch of the Curacao Queen Conch Hatchery | $8,100 | 2025-07-29 |
| Page-Karjian, Cynthia | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF | HBOIs Marine Mammal Pathology, Tissue Archives, and Database Program - PFW | $254,067 | 2025-07-29 |
| Lapointe, Brian | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF | Nutrient-host relations of benthic dinoflagellate blooms in the Lower Florida Keys | $149,994 | 2025-07-29 |
| Wyneken, Jeanette | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | FAUF | Leatherback Captive Rearing and Release Initiative | $39,692 | 2025-07-29 |
| Castellon, Carol | Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters | JSD Florida Institute of Government - FSU | The John Scott Daily Institute of Government at Florida Atlantic University 2025-2026 | $100,000 | 2025-07-29 |
| Han, Muxin | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | NSF | Loop Quantum Gravity with Cosmological Constant | $110,000 | 2025-07-29 |
| McHenry, Gabrielle | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida, Inc. | Exploring the Indian River Lagoon Abroad the FAU Harbor Branch Discovery Floating Classroom | $20,633 | 2025-07-29 |
| Munir, Arslan | College of Engineering and Computer Science | United States Dept. of Agriculture - NIFA | FogAg: A Novel Fog-Assisted Smart Agriculture Framework for Multi-Layer Sensing and Real-Time Analytics of Water-Nitrogen Colmitations in Field Crops | $827,533 | 2025-07-29 |
| Hashemi, Javad | College of Engineering and Computer Science | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: Supporting Students with Autism in STEM Degree Programs | $162,715 | 2025-07-28 |
| Anderson, Rindy | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | American Orithological Society | Bill size, temperature, and song performance: investigating behavioral tradeoffs in Bachman's sparrows | $2,050 | 2025-07-22 |
| McCoy, Michael | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Morris Animal Foundation | Cracking the egg on sea turtle egg fusariosis | $19,985 | 2025-07-18 |
| Page, Cynthia | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF | HBOIs Marine Mammal Pathology, Tissue Archives, and Database Program - PWD | $314,982 | 2025-07-17 |
| Quidley-Rodriguez, Narciso | Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing | Sigma Theta Tau International | Comparison Animals and LGBTQIA+ Veterans Exploring the Benefits and Risk of Furry Friends | $4,567 | 2025-07-17 |
| Asghar, Waseem | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Tatitlek Technologies, Inc | Live-Fire Range Scoring Automation: Capstone Design Project with National Security Innovation Network | $2,500 | 2025-07-15 |
| Ajemian, Matt | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF | Performance of affordable Zinc-Graphite devices as an elasmobranch deterrent for shellfish aquaculture | $30,000 | 2025-07-14 |
| Abdellatef, Mohammed | College of Engineering and Computer Science | Sandia National Lab | Mechanical Load Measurement Analysis, tools and demonstrations for IEC 626000-3 | $95,997 | 2025-07-09 |
| Voss, Joshua | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation | Benthic Community Characterization Of Boem No Activity Zones Within The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary | $10,319 | 2025-07-03 |
| Page, Annie | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | HBOIF | Indian River Lagoon Graduate Research Fellowships 2025 | $108,910 | 2025-07-01 |